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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Chapman Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chapman Place and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Chapman Place:
- 32.890903, -108.992840
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Chapman Place
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Chapman Place is near Greenlee County and also Hidalgo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenlee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hidalgo County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Chapman Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chapman Place ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cliff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Gunn Place ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gunn Place is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn Place
- Mule Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Plantsite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plantsite is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantsite
- Redrock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Steeplerock ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Steeplerock is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplerock
- Telegraph ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Telegraph is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph
- Three Way
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Three Way is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
How Far From Chapman Place to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Chapman Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chapman Place and extending to:
- Silver City, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Chapman Place to Silver City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 258 miles [415.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,825 miles [2,937.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,391 miles [11,894.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,152 miles [13,119.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,069 miles [9,767.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chapman Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Chapman Place to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chapman Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8909, Longitude: -108.9928 In this case, the coordinates for Chapman Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.683 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.895 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.551 degrees. |
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